Tag: Permian forest
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Permian forest found preserved in volcanic ash (300 million years old)
TG Daily: Permian forest found preserved in volcanic ash Buried beneath a coal mine in Mongolia, scientists have discovered a 'Pompeii-like' forest, 300 million years old, buried by volcanic ash. Because volcanic ash covered a large expanse of forest over the course of only a few days, plants were preserved as they fell, in many…